Improved space-based moving target indication via alternate transmission and receiver switching

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3960-3974

  Ender, Joachim H G ^a   Gierull, Christoph H ^a,b   Cerutti Maori, Delphine ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR HIGH FREQUENCY PHYSICS AND RADAR TECHNIQUES FHR   (Germany)

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Index Terms Electronic switching systems; Radar detection; Radar signal analysis; Radar velocity measurement; Spaceborne radar; Synthetic aperture radar; Traffic information systems

Indexed keywords

INDEX TERMS-ELECTRONIC SWITCHING SYSTEMS; RADAR DETECTION; RADAR SIGNAL ANALYSIS; SPACEBORNE RADAR; TRAFFIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ANTENNA GROUNDS; CLUTTER (INFORMATION THEORY); IMAGING SYSTEMS; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADAR SYSTEMS; SATELLITE ANTENNAS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TRACKING RADAR; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

RADAR ANTENNAS;

EID: 55649114247     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2008.2002266     Document Type: Article

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